PARENTING BOOKS AND VIDEOS FOR CHILDREN
The Educational Resources Store
contains educational books and
videos for children, teens,
parents and teachers about
adolescence and growing up. The
books and videos featured on
this site cover a wide range of
topics. You will find topics
ranging from infant education to
dealing with teens with
different and sometimes
difficult situations. The books
and DVDs contain information at
all levels, including books,
DVDs, games and posters geared
to the children, teens, parents,
and teachers.
Product ID: PAR-021
In this book, the author provides you
with a variety of verified strategies
and the touching descriptions from many
adoptive families that will help you, as
a parent, to get a better a
understanding of what is typical, both
for your children and yourself.
You'll learn how to listen to your child
and identify with him on every level,
opening the pathway of communication.
You and your child can grow closer
through the practical exercises at the
end of each chapter. Discover how
to understand that you play an
important, unique role in your child's
life.
Pages: 280
Product ID: PAR-023
Many of today's middle school children
confront important topics like alcohol,
drugs, sexuality and technology at such
an early age that would have been hard
to imagine a decade ago. It's
typical for parents to worry about these
important years. The author
considers this time to be full of
constructive changes as your children
become more independent, and your role
shifts from being a parent to manager,
and then to encouraging coach.
Appropriate subjects include
cyberbullying and how to choose
practical and worthwhile activities.
These years can and should be a time of
exciting change and opportunity, and
this book gives you what you need to
know to survive and grow as a family.
Pages: 176
Product ID: FAM-041
It seems that these days, there are no
good mothers for a variety of reasons.
If you go to work, you're inattentive to
your kids, and if you stay home with
them, you're overbearing. If you
punish them, they will end up with
psychological problems, and if you let
them run loose, they will be involved
with drugs by the time they reach middle
school. It's not surprising that
many women consider themselves at one
time or another as bad mothers.
This book is written with extraordinary
frankness and it gives very funny and
useful advice throughout. How do
you handle it when your daughter dresses
up inappropriately for Halloween?
In this cynical, direct and very
intuitive narrative on modern
motherhood, the author says it's time
for women to get over it and get on with
life.
Pages: 224
Product ID: PAR-028
Do you know how to stop your child from
destroying his or her life? If you
think that your child is extremely
troubled, and you feel helpless, or
wonder if you have been a bad parent,
this newly revised and expanded version
can help. It gives concerned
parents and professionals valuable
insight into the personality of "problem
children" and gives realistic
suggestions for taking immediate,
corrective steps to make a difference
before it's too late.
Pages: 240
Product ID: PAR-013
This innovative book offers clear-cut
instruction for a disciplined, but
considerate way to raise children, and
introduces new communication methods
that change the manner in which parents
speak with and listen to their children.
Dr. Ginotts inventive approach to
parenting has influenced a generation of
experts in the field, and now the
techniques can work for you, as well. In
this revised edition, Dr. Alice Ginott,
clinical psychologist and wife of the
late Haim Ginott, and family
relationship specialist Dr. H. Wallace
Goddard bring this top-selling book into
the current day, while continuing with
the books positive message. It is based
on the premise that parenting is a skill
that can be learned. This invaluable
resource will show you how to discipline
without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and
punishment, criticize without demeaning,
praise without judging, express anger
without hurting, acknowledge rather than
argue with children's feelings,
perceptions, and opinions, and finally,
respond so that children will learn to
trust and develop self-confidence.
Pages: 256
Product ID: SEX-026
We all know that boys always like to play, be
adventurous, and curious, and push their young
bodies as far as they can as part of their
growth into manhood. Unfortunately, our sons
face an increasingly difficult world that
doesn't see the value in the lively, delightful
nature of boys. In this book, the author shows
parents how to bring back the pleasures of being
a boy and help them to become the caring,
self-assured, men of the future. Dr. Meg Meeker
explores the secrets to boyhood, that can
include: why rules and boundaries are important
and necessary for boys, how the best play area
is still outside, providing the kind of
adventure that only nature can provide,
understanding the important ways to preserve a
boy's innocence and help him grow up,
recognizing pitfalls that parents are faced with
while talking to their sons, and why
temperamental and unruly behavior in boys is
abnormal and how to deal with it.
Pages: 287
Product ID: FAM-043
A father influences his daughter in many
important ways, including how they see
themselves and what they will expect
from men. Unfortunately, because of
their inexperience, fathers don't always
recognize the importance of their
relationship and may step away from
getting too close, especially as girls
grow into adolescence. Parenting becomes
more complicated and communication is
difficult, but this is the time when
daughters need their fathers the most.
With this book, The author shows men how
to strengthen their relationships with
their daughters, and how to create a
satisfying and happy relationship. He
starts with a self-assessment quiz
titled "How Am I Doing as My Daughter's
Father?" Dads can immediately see what
kind of responsibility they have in
their daughter's life. In order to
educate fathers and give solutions when
problems arise, the book provides useful
coverage of the most essential issues
that a girl encounters today, such as
dating, sex, drinking, drugs and others.
Pages: 272
Product ID: PAR-001
This book is filled with
easy steps and simple solutions to
improve family living without wreaking
havoc on schedules or budgets. It
includes inspiring ideas for safe,
eco-friendly cleaning methods, choosing
healthier food, pet and garden care,
nursery and home building materials,
plus extensive tips for energy saving
and family fun. With contributions forum
environmental science and public-health
experts such as Dr. Phil Landrigan, Dr.
Harvey Karp and Dr. Alan Greene, as well
as many celebrity supporters (including
Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Tobey
Mcguire, Sheryl Crow, Vanessa Williams,
and Tom Hanks), Healthy
Child Healthy World is
the essential guidebook for parents
wanting to go green.
Pages: 336
Product ID: FAM-011
It is very important for kids have a
safe place to live and play. For some
kids, this means living with foster
parents. With simple words and colorful
illustrations, this book explains why
some kids have to move to foster homes,
what foster parents do, and ways kids
might feel during foster care. Many
children believe that they were put in
foster care because they did something
wrong. This book makes them understand
that the troubles in their lives are not
their fault. The emphasis throughout the
book is one of hope and support. It also
includes resources and information for
parents, foster parents, social workers,
counselors, and teachers.
Pages: 32
Product ID: PAR-025
This book brings parents the knowledge
and support they need to identify and
deal with problems that can occur in the
home. Children, ages ten to fifteen,
trust their parents to be there when
they are feeling down. This is an
emergency guide that covers the
difficult issues parents encounter every
day with their 10-15 year old children.
Many parents are often frightened and
unsure if they should interfere and know
just how to help. This book was based on
a nation-wide survey of parents,
teachers, and students, interviews with
a variety of experts, using the latest
research, and written with the support
of the National Middle School
Association, you'll be able to get very
useful advice on topics including:
depression, eating disorders, substance
abuse, sexual encounters, failing in
school, internet dangers, and many other
issues.
Pages: 294
Product ID: PAR-012
These days, there are many couples that
are choosing to have only one child.
Having only one child presents distinct
considerations, advantages and
opportunities. The author has been
studying single child families, and
debunks the myth of the lonely, spoiled
child. By presenting stories and
interesting findings, Dr. Newman shares
her knowledge and gives valuable advice,
making this the most current, practical
book of its kind for couples who are
considering having a child, or those
parents that are already raising a
single child. It is fully revised and
updated for today's fast paced society.
Pages: 288
Product ID: PAR-034
In this book, the author provides hard
answers, based on age, to over 140 child
misbehaviors. This encouraging guide is
organized alphabetically for easy
access. It allows you to look up the
problem and quickly identify the case,
learn specifically what to do, depending
on your child's age, learn the exact
words to say with actual dialogue
examples, and more. Karen Renshaw Joslin
is the former president, American
Academy of Pediatrics, a parenting
expert and mother.
Pages: 425
Product ID: PAR-029
Parents realize that it's a difficult
job raising self-assured, independent
daughters. Girls are born thinking that
they can do anything, but growing up
safe in a world filled with media can be
confusing and sometimes risky. This book
leads parents through the various stages
of a girl's development, going from
infant to toddler, through childhood and
the teen years, and then into early
adulthood. The authors address a variety
of issues that include: peer pressure
and developing social roles, emotional
effects of physical changes, eating
disorders, changing moods, depression,
the consequences of early sexuality, the
differences in gender between girls and
boys, and single parenting.
Pages: 420
Product ID: PAR-022
This book offers a comprehensive guide to
parents and those who care for children and
teenagers that are handicapped. Dr. Thompson
begins by starting with the difficult
diagnosis. As she continues through the
troubles of adolescence, she gives parents
valuable information on how to help each
other, and then advises them on how to get
the best medical care, educational services,
and how to deal with family and friends that
mean well. She suggests a number of ways
parents can help their children find
enjoyment and value in their life. This book
comes from Dr. Thompson's 30 years of
background in the diagnoses and treatment of
children with debilitating physical
conditions and neuromuscular diseases.
Pages: 273
Product ID: PAR-027
In this book, two of the country's
foremost child psychologists tell what
they have learned in over thirty-five
years of total experience while working
with boys and their families. They tell
about a population of boys who have been
angry, upset, scared, and quiet, and
also make a convincing case that the
most important contribution we can offer
our sons is emotional literacy. They
recognize that there are many
challenges, both emotional and social,
that boys come across in school. They
advise parents to be aware of the cost
that boys pay when we hold them to an
unattainable standard of manhood, and
also show how parents can help boys
develop emotional understanding and
empathy, which gives them the crucial
connections and support they need to
deal with the social pressures of youth.
Pages: 420
Product ID: PAR-011
Parents should understand that their
daughters face unique challenges growing
up, and need to help their girls mature
and succeed in this world. This book
provides parents with solid guidelines,
given in a distinct and simple to read
format for helping them raise their
daughters. The author, who is a
psychologist and family therapist,
provides her own unique experiences as a
mother, along with knowledge acquired
from many years of professional
experience of counseling families. She
explains the important aspects of a
young woman's development and details
ways for parents to create a bond with
them. Also included in this book are
conversations about social conditioning,
family dynamics, peer relationships,
communication styles, self-esteem, and
education issues appropriate to the
stages in a girl's life. From a young
child to a teen and then to young woman,
this resource will show parents how to
understand their daughters better, how
to promote their special abilities and
help them live better lives.
Pages: 204
Product ID: FAM-030
Obviously, we all want our children to
be healthy and happy. According to many
different scientific based studies, we
have determined that being happy is a
learned behavior, and one that we can
help our children achieve and maintain.
By using her own crazy and very
entertaining actual adventures as a mom,
Christine Carter, Ph.D, executive
director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good
Science Center shows us what to do, and
not to do. She distills the process down
to 10 simple happiness creating steps.
With great understanding and compassion,
she covers the everyday demands of being
a parent, like getting the children to
school and activities on time, putting
dinner on the table, and showing the
best way to discipline. She also covers
the more subtle issues of helping
children build healthy friendships and
develop emotional understanding. Using
the 10 key steps, she helps you interact
with assertiveness and consistence with
your kids to develop the necessary
skills and habits that will set the
stage for happy behavior now, and for
the rest of their life.
Pages: 256
Product ID: PAR-032
As a parent, you may or may not scream
at your children, but you are always
concerned about what they choose and how
they will turn out. Many of the methods
some experts recommend can actually make
the situation worse. The author has
determined why this occurs, and finds
that parents are spending more time than
they should, worrying about their
children. They really need to bring the
center of attention back to themselves.
This book will help you control your
responses to your deep concern. Instead
of learning new techniques, you'll
realize the beneficial principles that
are inspiring many parents just like you
to transform their family life. These
principles will allow you to remain
calm, composed, and connected with your
children, no matter what type of
situation.
Pages: 256
Product ID: PAR-010
Separation can be the most difficult
time for a family. This useful book,
written by two experts, provides
clear-cut advice to the parents that are
facing this situation, and wish to
follow the shared parenting approach. By
using their broad background and
extensive research, the experts
highlight the need for children having
considerable time with both parents,
thus allowing them to continue having
meaningful relationships. By showing
both the advantages and challenges,
disproving the myths, and providing
valuable information how to communicate
between the two households, along with
providing solid tools to help create
parenting plans. This book will show
parents how to get past their personal
feelings, and find a winning solution
that's in the best interest for everyone
involved.
Pages: 160
Product ID: PAR-015
Many children feel pressure from the
fast pace of life, and they can become
restless, have trouble in school and
with friends, and even be diagnosed with
behavioral problems. Internationally
known family consultant Kim John Payne
helps parents retrieve the space and
freedom that their children need, so
they can focus their attention on their
own individuality. Parents can create a
refuge for their children by not
hovering over them, do less, and trust
them more. This cultivates children's
identity, happiness, and resiliency as
they slowly grow bigger. For any parent
who wants to slow down their children's
lives, but are not sure where to start,
the author offers both inspiration and a
model for change.
Pages: 240
Product ID: FAM-040
In this book, the foremost experts on
stepfamilies reveal findings and offer the
first thorough guide to lessening the
problems of stepfamily life and pains of
divorce. For the millions of stepfamilies in
this country, the normal, everyday issues
that can challenge every family are even
more difficult to deal with. After
completing a nine-year study funded by the
National Institutes of Health, the authors
have written a book explaining hy more than
half of all stepfamilies do not succeed and
gives the strategies that help the others to
be successful. There are difficult and often
troublesome questions that a stepfamily must
handle, like how much should a stepparent
try to control a stepchild? How much control
should a parent who does not live with a
child have over them? The intention of this
book is to provide answers to the essential
questions of stepfamily life, to learn the
effect of stepfamily life on children and to
fill in the knowledge holes that challenge
so many stepfamilies today.
Pages: 288
Product ID: FAM-039
As a step mother, you're never sure if you're
doing things correctly, and wonder if many of your
questions are unique. With this second
edition, stepmother and journalist, Cherie Burns
combines many ideas and practical advice, based on
the most current research and interviews with
experts in the field to help you deal with issues
like how to manage discipline when parents and
stepparents disagree, or helping step brothers and
sisters get along, or how to handle birthdays and
holidays, or getting along with your stepchild's
mother. Her intelligent and compassionate
suggestions show how the insightful, knowledgeable
stepmother can take control and help become an
important, valued member of the family.
Pages: 252
Product ID: PAR-014
This book gives real evidence that video
games, movies, and TV are not only
conditioning children to be violent and
not realizing the consequences it can
bring, but are also teaching how to
kill. Some of these children are as
young as eleven years old, and with
amazing accuracy, murdering many people.
Much of this evidence is based on recent
major scientific studies and research.
This is a very important issue in
America at present, given the events
occurring throughout the country.
According to the authors, those who make
violent video games, the TV networks,
and the Hollywood movie studios share
most of the blame. This book shows that
it is important for every parent,
teacher, and citizen to make an effort
to help stop the wave of killing and
violence caused by America's youth. Most
significant, it's a guideline to show
how that can be accomplished.
Pages: 196
Product ID: PAR-006
Our schools are changing, and have never
seemed so confusing as they are today.
The focus is on teaching core subject
areas and basic skills.
Parent involvement is more important
than ever, and you probably have a lot
of questions. In this book,
written in easy-to-follow Q&A style, an
award-winning educator takes you by the
hand and guides you through the system:
understanding how public and private
education works in the United States,
choosing a school, making sense of
grades and report cards, the No Child
Left Behind act, standardized tests,
your rights as a parent, and more.
Includes a glossary of edu-speak terms,
resources, and plenty of encouragement.
Pages: 208
Product ID: FAM-042
To help daughters develop confidence and
strength as they grow, they need their
father's attention, security, and wisdom
much more than we've ever known. The
author is a pediatrician with many years
of experience counseling girls, and she
lets us know that a young woman's
relationship with her father is very
important. She shares the secrets that
all fathers should know to strengthen or
restore bonds with their daughter and
make both her and his own life better.
This book helps you realize: The
essential qualities of strong father and
how to build upon them, The signs that
daughters take from their dads,
including drugs, alcohol, sex and
self-respect, The truth about ground
rules, The importance of a father as a
hero and guiding his daughter into
adulthood, Steps fathers can follow to
help daughters avoid bad decisions and
big mistakes, and ways in which a
father's faith, or lack thereof, will
influence his daughter.
Pages: 288
Product ID: FAM-038
In this book, you will realize a
completely new way of life for your
family that will celebrate your
children's imagination, observe their
creativity and achievements and give
everyone a way to express appreciation
and love for each other in the family.
While you develop various ways to bring
out your family's creativeness, you'll
be able to make valuable relationships
with your children in many ways. By
merely using the basic tools around you,
like art supplies, everyday objects, and
your own imagination, you can change
your family life. Your children will
more often become involved in their own
creative innovations and your family
will embrace new ways to play and grow
together, and have a great time doing
it. The author has captivated many with
her stories of creativity and parenting
on her blog, Soule Mama, where she
shares her ideas in a warm and friendly
way. This resource presents a wide range
of projects and gives ideas for
inventive play, art and crafts, nature
explorations, and it's perfect for all
families.
Pages: 224
Product ID: BEH-105
This book has been entirely updated,
adding the latest information on
medications, ADHD, and uses a caring
approach to deal with all aspects of
childhood behavioral disorders.
It is the respected book on
parenting those difficult children
that are hard to raise, and contains
new sections on ADHD and the latest
medications for childhood disorders.
Dr. Stanley Turecki is a highly
respected expert on children and
discipline, and was also the father
of a difficult child at one time.
He offers compassionate and useful
information to parents of these type
of children. Using his
experience with many families in the
highly successful Difficult Children
Program that he created for Beth
Israel Medical Center in New York
City, his approach, one step at a
time, shows you how to use a
ten-point test to identify your
child's temperament. You will
be able to isolate specific
difficulties and learn to handle
common, but sometimes unmanageable
situations expertly and calmly.
Pages: 302
Product ID: FAM-031
This book is an updated edition, filled with
stories, songs, activities, recipes, and
much more. Everything was designed for
dad to call his own, including text by a
variety of authors, such as Bill Cosby, Shel
Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and illustrations
from the artists Jessie Wilcox Smith and
Kate Greenway. This book offers a lot
of great reading time for dad and his
children, and the activities also include
things like making sandcastles, playing
identification games, funny riddles and
jokes. There are even some
enjoyable recipes to try with the kids in
the kitchen, like sloppy joes, macaroni and
cheese, and chicken finger.
Overall, it's a great book that dads and
kids will spend lots of quality time
together with.
Pages: 352
Product ID: FAM-037
This well known book is newly designed and
contains classic art and a new introduction
for the tenth anniversary edition. It
remains the ideal book for any mom that
doesn't want her children to miss out on
fairy tales, poetry, songs, nursery rhymes,
stories, recipes, finger games and all kinds
of other activities. It's the perfect book
for moms who want to be the best and also
want to have lots of fun with their small
children. Also, after everyone else has gone
to sleep at night, the book contains essays
just for you, mom.
Pages: 352
Product ID: PAR-016
This book is a great resource to manage
the positive and negative times during
early adolescence. All parents have
experienced the terrible twos and the
emotional teenagers, but only a few have
been able to predict the roller coaster
ride of these thrilling yet frustrating
years. You'll see that this book
includes many different topics, and
covers all aspects of the social,
physical, emotional, and intellectual
development of young adolescents. By
using the latest information provided by
experts and supported by the National
Middle School Association, along with
the author's amazing insights from
talking to teachers, parents, and the
children themselves, this book will
provide a valuable resource to help you
get through this challenging time.
Pages: 308
Product ID: PAR-020
In this book, written by a woman who was
adopted herself, adopted children tell a
common story of fear, loss, and hope. It
also shows adoptive parents how to
release their children from the feelings
of abandonment, and shame. The author
gives the twenty complex emotional
topics you must understand in order to
care for the child you love. It shows
that these children must grieve their
loss now in order to receive love in the
future, and they need to know the about
their birth family, despite the fact
that the details may hurt. The book is
loaded with important views from
children, parents, and experts in the
field, and also contains useful
strategies and case histories that will
be consistent for every adoptive family.
This is a helpful guide to the
complicated feelings that occupy the
mind of an adopted child, as well as
their new home.
Pages: 224
Product ID: PAR-005
Video games are fun and addictive, but
can you as parents make sure your kids
are not being harmed? The answers
can be found here, in this book!
You'll find out which games are
appropriate for age groups from infants
to adults. You'll learn how video
games can affect your child's
development, and what to do if your
child is spending too much time playing
them. You should be the one to
make the decision about gaming, and to
say enough is enough!
Pages: 191
Product ID: FAM-045
In this book, the author will help end
the conflict between mother and daughter
and break free from the past. It looks
at the most complex relationship of your
life, and show you how the relationship
with your mother affects all others in
your life, including choosing your
partner. The book shows how to recognize
healthy and destructive mother-daughter
relationships, how mothers manipulate
their daughters, how to stop the
succession of blame, anger,
disappointments, and other negative
situations, and finally, why you tend to
become the opposite or identical person
your mother was. The author has done
years of research and did many
interviews, and can show you how to gain
understanding and acceptance, or allow
you to achieve a separate, peaceful life
as a result.
Pages: 406
Product ID: PAR-019
Children who get into trouble are victims of
neglect by their parents, according to the
author. These parents may think they are good
parents, but for various reasons, are actually
unaware of their child's needs. This book
explains how to prevent trouble from happening,
teach kids about gratification, how to talk with
teenagers that are not willing to talk, how to
create a daily structure for children, and help
your child deal with negative peer pressure. You
will also learn to handle many of the problems
occurring with children today, like teenage
pregnancy and drug abuse, and very important, to
build a lifelong relationship with and enjoy
time with your child.
Pages: 224
Product ID: FAM-032
Managing a busy life with children and a job
can be very difficult, but also very
satisfying and rewarding. This book
will show you how to deal with this
lifestyle. The author is a woman who
is loves her kids and career, and she shows
you examples of how actual people, some
famous and some you'll meet for the first
time in the book, are able to manage their
lives. By using her background as a
mom, wife, writer and college professor, she
helps families and couples find the way to
enjoy life together and have a purpose.
By using good humor, imaginative ideas,
insight and encouragement, Working
Families will help you navigate
through a sea of demands with the confidence
you need to change the world, along with
your children.
Pages: 240
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